Note that if the review deems that 16 and 17 year olds need parental consent to transition related care, it will potentially impact any under 18 trying to access support. For example a 17 year old LGBT person seeking counselling, might need parental consent (currently they don’t)
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As it's a challenge to Gillick competence it'll, also, impact on ALL child accessibility to certain treatments without parental consent e.g. contraception. These ex-GIDS employees are fully aware of this, yet bring the case. Is their retrogression REALLY "caring for children"?

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